Fish bait or lure



Wv A. STOLLEY.

FISH BAIT OR LURE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1919.

Patented Sept. 26, 1922.

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Application filed December 2c, 1919. Serial 3%. 347,412.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM A. STOLLEY, a citizen of the United States, residin at Dowagiac, county of Cass, State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish Baits or Lures, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to improvements 1n fish baits or lures.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved fish bait or lure which is very efficient in catchin fish, and at the same time is durable'an simple and economical in structure.

Further objects, and objects relating to structural details, will definitely appear from the detailed description to follow.

ll accomplish the objects of my'invention by the devices and means described in the following specification. The invention is clearly defined and pointed out in the claims.

A structure which is a preferred embodiment of my invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, in which:

Fig. I is a side view of a structure em- "bodying the features of m invention, a portion of the streamer or exible strip being broken away.

Fig. IT is a rear elevation, the submerging collar being omitted.

Fig. HT is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line 33 of Fig. H, showing details of the hook attaching means and the means for attaching the flexible strip or streamer to the hook shank.

Fig. TV is an enlarged detail section on a line corresponding to line H of Figs. T, H and TH.

Fig. V is a plan view of the streamer attaching device.

Referring to the drawing, the body 1 is, in the structure illustrated, tapered outwardly at both ends, the front taper being substantially longer than the rear. body is designed so that it shall have the appearance of traveling backward, 1t belng provided with eyes 2 at its rear end. At its iorward end the body is provided with a downwardly and forwardly projecting collar 3, the collar shown being concave-convex which, when the bait is drawn through The the water, causes it to dive and also swing 1 from side to side producingla swimming movement effect. The line attaching eye 4. is disposed in front of the collar on the under side of the body.

The hook 5, as illustrated, is a double hook, that is, points 6, the points being directed upwardly. The hook is ormed of a single piece of Wire folded upon itself forming the eye 7 and the shank 8. The hook is attached to the freely, but

body so as to swing and move so as to prevent its rotation. The attachment in the structure illustrated comprises a socket 9 set into the under side of the body at its rear end and the attaching device 10 having an eye at one end to receive the screw 11 and a prong 12 at its other end driven into the body centrally through the socket.

The streamer 13 is of flat thin flexible material, preferably resilient. The front end of the streamer is secured to the shank of the hook so that the streamer normally hangs or lies between the points of the hooks as shown, and extends a substantial distance to the rear thereof. The strip 13 is secured to the hook preferably by means of the cruciform attaching device designated generally by the numeral 14 as shown in Fig. V. The lower longitudinal arm 15 of this attaching device is provided with a head 16 which is passed through the strip 13 and folded down thereon. The upper longitudinal arm 17 is tapered and is arran ed through the-eye of the hook and fol ed down against the shank, it' being tapered so that it lies between the two members of the shank as shown in Fig. IV. The side or transverse arms 18 are folded or clamped about the shank over the .arm 17 so that it can not open. The attaching device may be M formed of thin flexible metal and at the same time have sufficient strength to efiectively retain the'strip 13.

My improved bait or lure is efficient and has a novel and attractive appearance. T 1% have not attempted to illustrate or describe certain other embodiments or adaptations as I believe the disclosure made will enablethose skilled in the art to which my invention relates to embody or adapt the same as 1 may be desired.

it is provided'with two barbed 60 Having thus described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. lln a fish bait or lure,'the combination with a body provided with a downwardly and forwardl directed collar at its front end, of a double hook'having upwardly directed points, hook attaching means whereby the hook is loosely and nonrotatably su ported on the under side of said body at t e rear end thereof, a streamer lying normally between the oints of the hook, and a cruelform attaching device for said streamer having its lower'longitudinal arm engaged with the front end of the streamer and its upper longitudinal arm engaged with the eye of the hook and its transverse arms clam ed about the shank of the hook.

2. n a fish bait or lure, the combinatmn with a body provided with a downwardly and forwardly directed collar at its front end, of a double hook having upwardly directed oints, hook attaching meanswhereby the hook is loosely and non-rotatably supported on the under side of said bodyat the rear end thereof, and a streamer having its front end attached to the upper end of the shank of the hook and lying normally between the )oints thereof.

3. In a 1 sh bait or lure, the combination with a body, of a hook secured thereto, a flat flexible strip. and a cruciform attaching device for said strip having its lower longitudinal arm engaged with the eye of the hook and its transverse arms folded about the shank of the hook.

4-. In a fish bait or lure, the combination with a body provided with a line attaching means at its front end and means for causing it to submer e as it is drawn through the water, a dou le hook having upwardly directed points loosely non-rotatably at-v tached to the under side of said body, and a flexible strip attached at its forward end to the shank of the hook and lying normally between its said u )turned points and trailing a substantial distance at the rear thereof.

5. In a fish bait or lure, the combination with a body provided with a line attaching means at the front, means for causing the body to submerge as it is drawn through the water, a hook fastened on the under side of said body adjacent to the rear'end thereof, said fastener engaging the eye of the hook so that the depending hook swings freely thereon, a flat flexible strip adapted to the shank of the hook adjacent its point of at tachment to the body, but being otherwise adapted and free to swing with the hook and to flutter independently thereof and trail a substantial distance beyond the end of the hook.

6. In a fish bait .or lure, the combination of a double hook having upwardly directed points, a streamer lying normally between the points of the hook, and a cruciform attachlng device for said streamer having its lower :longitudinal arm provided with a head disposed through the front end of the streamer and folded thereon, and its upper longitudinal arm disposed throu h the eye of the hook and folded downward y upon its shank and its transverse arms clamped about the shank upon such longitudinal arm.

7. In a fish bait or lure, the combination with a body of a hook attachin means on said bod engaging the eye of t e hook so that the h ing means a flat flexible strip and a device for attaching said strip to said hook comprising a part inserted through the fold upon the strip, the part folded around the shank of the hook and the part disposed through the eye of the hook independent of said hook attaching means. 1

8. In a fish bait or lure, the combination of a hook, a flat flexible strip, a device for attaching said strip to said hook comprising a part engaging the end of the strip, a part clamped around the shank of the hook, and a part disposed through the eye of the book so as to leave the eye unobstructed to receive an independent 'hook attaching means,

9. In a fish bait or lure, the combination of the body provided with means causing it to submerge when it is drawn through the water, a multiple pointed hook attached to the under side of said body so that it swings freely therefrom, but is non-rotatable, a flat flexible strip attached to the shank of the hook adjacent the body, but otherwise unattached, and so that it lies normally above the shank and between the points of the 00k swings freely from its attach- I sit tit)

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book and trails a substantial distance bewitnesses.

W. A. STULLEY. [1,. all Witnesses:

H. L. CAMERON, L. J. Woosrnn. 

